Hidden dynamite in Levitt suit against Black for Supreme Court seat
Former Judge Albert Levitt, a consistent administration thorn, sues to disqualify Hugo Black from the Supreme Court. He argues Black’s appointment conflicts with Article 1, Section 6 over lifetime pensions while Levitt notes public-opinion pressure on the court. The case faces a hearing potential amid court ideology and political tempers.
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Yassiston
Albert Levitt
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Levitt
Justice Department
Virgin Islands
Roosevelt
Supreme Bench
Congress
Black
Senate
Dooley
Justice Butler
Brandeis
Cardozo
McReynolds
Ku Klux Klan
Ernest Gruening
Wyandotte County Dam Collapse Ends Construction
The $1,000,000 WPA dam five miles north of Kansas City Kansas collapsed on Monday. Center section of the dirt embankment sank about 500 feet, destroying the planned 333 acre Wyandotte county lake recreation project. No injuries reported as sightseers narrowly escaped.
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Kansas City, Kan
Wyandotte County
Here
Cedar Rapids to Send Condolence Resolution for Masaryk
Cedar Rapids city council will prepare and send a condolence resolution to Czechoslovakia and the family of the late Thomas Masaryk, former Czech president. Mayor Frank K. Hahn cited Cedar Rapids' large Czech population and Masaryk's local renown as reasons for the action.
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Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Thomas Masaryk
Czech Republic
Cedar Rapids
Frank K. Hahn
United States
Births Report From Local Families
Born to Vern H. McClurg at St. Luke's Sept. 19 a son. Elliott Blabs at Mercy Sept. 19 a son. Frank Anderson at Mercy Sept. 19 a daughter. Darrell Brotinies address listed. birth announced. William Hogan at Mercy Sept. 10 a daughter. Louis F Konicek route 4 Sept. 17 a daughter Norma Jean.
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Wee
Vern H. McClurg
Fifth Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Elliott Blabs
Thirty-second Street
Mercy Hospital
Frank Anderson
Fourth Street
Mercy Hosital
Darrell Brotinies
Twelfth Street
William Hogan
Ninth Street
Mercy Hospita
Louis ‘F. Konicek
Route 4
Norma Jean
Germans Duck Into Cellars In Mock Air Raid
Berlin held a dramatic air raid drill timed with army maneuvers in Mecklenburg and Pommerania. Sirens wailed at 8 20 am as bombing planes simulated attack. Citizens fled to shelters and workers deserted desks before an all clear ended the exercise.
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Berlin
Mecklenburg
Pommerania
Baltic
Three Breakins Net Thieves Only 28 Dollars And Merchandise
Three breakins occurred Sunday morning causing a net profit of 28 dollars and various goods. At Kosek Electric, 78 Sixteenth Avenue SW, a rear door window was broken and 27 28 taken from the cash register along with a pistol holster fishing gear and a camera. In the adjoining business run by Frank Suchy two watches and 128 dollars were stolen and a bundle of Sunday Gazettes found at the rear door. Podzimek Pharmacy at 64 Sixteenth Avenue SW had a broken door and window but nothing reported missing.
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Kosek Electric Company
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Frank Suchy
Podzimek
Rulers of America aide William Loeb dies in Glen Cove
William Loeb, 70, longtime Roosevelt secretary and noted as one of the fifty nine "rulers of America" by ambassador James W. Gerard, died in a hospital from pneumonia in Glen Cove New York. He rose from stenographer to business executive and served under Theodore Roosevelt starting when Ben Vere was governor of New Jersey.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
William Loeb
James W. Gerard
America
Loeb
Theodore Roosevelt
Benne Ver
Newark
Four Young People Hurt Near Dysart
Four youths were injured Sunday when the car they rode in to Waterloo hit loose gravel five miles north of Dysart. Driver Thomas Hild Jr of Genessee township was X-rayed to locate injuries. Russell Elliott near LaPorte City was bruised and cut. Mildred Nass of Dysart suffered a fractured pelvic bone. Dorothy Keidel of Dysart was cut and bruised. The car was practically demolished.
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Dysart
Waterloo
Here
Thomas Hild, Jr
Geneseo Township
Russell Elliott
LaPorte City
Mildred Nass
Dorothy Keidel
Shanghai Cholera Declared Official Epidemic
U S public health service agents in China reported to Surgeon General Thomas Parran that Shanghai's cholera situation is now officially considered an epidemic and requires urgent action.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
China
Thomas Parran
Shanghai
Last Century Soldier Horizontal Puzzle Fragment
Fragmentary crossword style clue text with multiple numbered entries and a closing remark about misjudging people due to idle gossip. It references Italian history, mythical figures, and various vocabulary items without a cohesive article narrative.
Mothers meddle and darken youths social paths
A weaved fragment warns against a busybody mother who drives peers away from her daughters by pushing too hard to control their social lives. The piece urges letting the girls act independently and notes their brightness and appeal when given space. It includes advice to a reader asking about reconciliation and handling gossip about friends.
Theaters Present Wide Range Of 1940s Favorites
At Iowa theater Lost Horizon stars Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt. Paramount offers Deanna Durbin in 100 Men and a Girl with Adolphe Menjou and Leo Carillo. New State presents Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy in Big City with Scott Colton and Jean Rogers in The Wildcatters. Palace shows Wake Up and Live with Walter Winchell Ben Bernie Alice Faye Hills of Old Wyoming with William Boyd. Rialto features John Wayne in California Straight Ahead with Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Hunt in Navy Spy.
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Iowa
Ronald, Colman
Jane Wyatt
Paramount
Deanna_O Durbin
Adolphe Menjou
Leobard Flokenss
NEW State
Luise Rainer and
Spencer Tracy
Palace
Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
Alice Faye
Old
Wyoming
William Boyd
Rialto
John Wayne
California
Conrad Nagel
Eleanor Hunt
Andrew Mellon Will Filed For Trust In Pittsburgh
The will of Andrew W. Mellon, valued between 100 million and 200 million dollars, transferring his entire fortune to his educational and charitable trust, was formally filed Monday with the register of wills in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
Register of Wills
Iowa Missionaries Safe Out of China
The American Board reports Iowa missionary Mrs. Elmer W. Gault and her daughter Faith, 18, escaped Paopingfu amid war danger and boarded the steamship Canada, docking at Victoria B C. Mrs. Gault left via Canton. she has another daughter Edith at Grinnell College and a sister Mrs A B Cummings in Tabor Iowa.
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Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Iowa
Elmer W. Gault
Faith
Paopingfu
Canada
Victoria
B.C
Regional Institute On Christmas Seals At Maquoketa
Christmas Seal workers from ten counties join Iowa Tuberculosis association officials in Maquoketa for a regional institute on September 28. Dr Charles K McCarthy outlines the new tuberculosis service with support from the state health department and county groups. Delegates plan the 1937 Christmas Seals sale and fall and next year anti TB work. Speakers include C W Kammerer and Miss Marguerite Pfeffer.
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Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Maquoketa
Charles K. McCarthy
State Department of Health
McCarthy
C. W. Kammerer
Marguerite Pfeffer
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Poweshiek
Iowa
Johnson
Kraschel Hires Special Attorney For Polk Suit
Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel announced the state hired Denis Kelleher a Fort Dodge attorney to defend against Polk County suit seeking state relief funds. Hearing set for Friday in Judge O. S. Franklin's court. Compensation and funding details not yet determined.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Denis Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Polk County
O. S. Franklin
Kelleher
John H. Mitchell
Quiet happiness after loss among unlikely neighbors
A man who once lived in a palatial home loses everything and moves to a simple house near stockyards vinegar works and factories. He remains cheerful, noting low upkeep costs and clear wind direction as practical benefits.
Sailors Saved From Sinking Barge Off Michigan
Coast guardsmen rescued 15 sailors from the motor barge C. E. Redfern five minutes before it sank in Lake Michigan off Frankfort Michigan. The barge carried pulp wood from Marinette Wisconsin to Mahon Michigan and was sighted by a car ferry which alerted the coast guard cutter Escanaba to evacuate the crew.
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Chicago
Coast
Burke Seeks Roosevelt Visit In Nebraska
Senator Ed ward R Burke a Nebraska Democrat who opposed the Supreme Court proposal urged inviting President Roosevelt to speak in Nebraska during a westward trip or on the return. He said Nebraska leaders should join in the invitation and would participate. Burke said he did not expect the President to attack him over the court bill fight.
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John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
White House
Steve Early
Lewis
Marvin McIntyre
Hyde Park
McIntyre
Washington
Omaha
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Burke
Indian Lore Training For Scout Leaders At Camp Waubeek
An Indian lore course for patrol leaders den chiefs and junior leaders was held at Camp Waubeek in the Cedar Rapids area. Scout Executive N Harold West and Field Executive Robert Glen led the weekend program covering history dances stories arrowheads sign language customs and dress. Participants include members from Troops 12 24 5 6 42 13 11 and 2 such as Russell Jonas Dean Schultz Bob Williams Charles Imig Howard Langridge Bob Puckett William Wahl and others.
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Camp Waubeek
Cedar Rapids Area
N. Harold West
Robert Glen
Russell Jonas
Dean Schultz
Bob Williams
Charles Imig
Howard Langridge
Bob Puckett
William Wahl
Bob Wilbur
Ralph Rose
Scenes Birmingham
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Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Tom Watson
International Chamber of Commerce
Dorothy Detzer
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Tsai Ting-kai
Chiang Kai-shek
Tsai
Hongkong
J. Ham Lewis
Illinois
Reason
Peiping
Wlopalong Cassidy
Wyomleng
Kansas
Frank Capra
Edward Everett Horton
H, John Howard
Margo
Egghead
Merrie Melody
Columbia
Nino Martini
Joan Fontaine
Giuseppe
Foretoken
Great Lake
Italy
North America
Sun
Erna
KOMPA
Mary Manners
Miss Manners
Vicky
Micky
Andrew Mellon
Luise Rainer
Charley Grapewin
Iuvesday
Regional Institute
Kraschel
Polk Suit
Netion
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Gloria Stuart
Michael Whalen
George Sanderscora Witherspoon
Gerald Oliver-Smith
Eugene Purse
Deanna Durbin
Killian Company
F.R
Hugh White
Jack Hall
Perry Woodward
Clifford Freeman
Jack Wilkinson
Arlo Bates
Galan Martin
Virgil McKutchin
Gerald Sheplee
Vinton
Don Maloney
George Prastka
Edward Kopecky
Ton Marsh
Kellian
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Belle-Sharmeer
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